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To: st.smith
re : Would you argue that a Mother Theresa or John Paul II were not called to be celibate?.

I am not saying that those who wish to be celibate or feel that is how god wishes them to serve him are wrong.

I feel that it should not be a defining point on whether you should become a priest or not.

I believe a married father can serve and love god as much as a calibrate priest.

And you are wrong I chose to be a soldier at a very young age, you could say it was a calling, and it takes a special women to be a army wife.

Cheers Tony

55 posted on 01/28/2002 5:01:08 AM PST by tonycavanagh
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To: tonycavanagh
You are so right AND there is a calling I believe to be single. Not everyone marries and if someone without living as a priest is celibate that does not mean they are sexual predators. I was single to almost 35 and celibate and I did not desire to have sex with children. It can be done. Sex is not everything.
56 posted on 01/28/2002 5:10:32 AM PST by Mfkmmof4
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To: tonycavanagh
I feel that it should not be a defining point on whether you should become a priest or not.

One can serve in many capacities- everyone need not be a priest. To say I am not called to the priesthood is not to say I am not called to serve God in a ministerial fashion- the Church has many opportunities to do so. Would you not agree that celibates can commit themselves to a unique degree to service of the kingdom? St. Paul believed so.

I believe a married father can serve and love god as much as a calibrate priest.

Of course they can- the celibate calling is not on account of any merit of the one called. It is a gift of God. One who is called to be married is living out their vocation every bit as fruitfully- but they are nevertheless different callings.

57 posted on 01/28/2002 5:10:52 AM PST by st.smith
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To: tonycavanagh
And you are wrong I chose to be a soldier at a very young age, you could say it was a calling, and it takes a special women to be a army wife.

You are right to say that some are called to serve others in the military. BUT, there are 2 senses in which one is called.

One, a calling in view of a specific practical situation- your calling to the military.

Two, your ultimate calling. You were not created by God to be a soldier. You were created by God to love Him and to love others. At the very core of your being you are not a soldier- you are a child of God.

58 posted on 01/28/2002 5:15:31 AM PST by st.smith
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